Spring Backyard Burn, Laurel Hill
Race: Spring Backyard Burn 5 and 10 mile trail running races
Date: 15 March 2025
Location: Laurel Hill Park, Lorton, VA
Produced by: EX2 Adventures
The photos from the 2026 Spring Backyard Burn trail race at Laurel Hill are now online and free to download, courtesy of Swim Bike Run Photo (SBRP).
Laurel Hill is the kind of course where you can see everything coming and it doesn't matter — the rolling meadow singletrack and crushed stone paths winding through 1,600 acres of the former Lorton Reformatory grounds made for one of the most photogenic races in the series. Open hillsides, forest transitions, and runners strung out across the landscape in every direction. Conditions were ideal: mid-50s, light breeze, dry trails, and the first florets appearing on the trees. A proper March morning.
How to Find Your Photos (Something new)
Starting with this race, we're delivering EX2 Adventures race photos through RunSignUp — the same platform you used to register. That means finding your photos is faster and more direct than before.
There are two ways to find your shots:
Through results: Head to the RunSignUp results page for the event, find your name, and your photos should be matched to your bib number automatically.
Browse the full gallery: You can also scroll through the complete collection of every photo from the day.
All downloads are free.
A Note on Trail Photography
The bib matching on RunSignUp is automatic, which means it's fast — but not perfect. If you don't see photos matched to your bib in the results, browse the full gallery. There are plenty of untagged images worth scrolling through, and there's a good chance you're in there. And as always, not every runner gets captured on course. We shoot thousands of photos at every event and do our best to cover as much of the course as possible, but some moments slip past.
We'd love to hear how this new process works for you. If you have feedback — good or bad — drop us a line.
Photographed by Swim Bike Run Photo / Brian W. Knight
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